Word: creditors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Horowitz as a "recording artist." Cadillac dealers refer to autos as "preowned" rather than "secondhand." Government researchers concerned with old people call them "senior citizens." Ads for bank credit cards and department stores refer to "convenient terms"-meaning 18% annual interest rates payable at the convenience of the creditor...
...intent of the law is to enable consumers to shop around for the best credit terms avail able. Regulation "Z" also strikes an in direct blow at credit rackets. Some home-repair contractors, electricians, plumbers and even morticians have customarily required that the customer sign an agreement giving the creditor a lien on his home. Now the creditor must not only inform the consumer that there is such a lien but give him three business days after signing to think over the deal and cancel it if he chooses - a requirement that could create an awkward situation for morticians...
...loan company sought to begin recovery of a debt from Christine Sniadach of Milwaukee by taking $31.59 from her $65 weekly pay, she ap pealed to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for help. Wisconsin's garnishment statute, similar to those in 16 other states, allows a creditor to tie up as much as 50% of a salary earner's wages even before a debt has been proved. Often, far more than a weekly bite is involved; the U.S. Department of Labor estimates that employers fire between 100,000 and 300,000 workers each year because...
Thurmond, Nixon's political creditor ever since he delivered the Southern vote at the convention and in the election, didn't waste time with any Whittenesque theatrics. Knowing where the power was, he sent a series of messages to Nixon expressing his "concern" over Finch's cut-off. After Finch gave in to the grace-period plan, Thurmond said that he thought it was wise: "We need to take more time in these things...
...substitute for getting into business and learning the hard way." Last week, Bamberg, 45, was again learning the hard way. Bankruptcy had grounded Bamberg's British Eagle International Airlines Ltd. The government's Air Transport Licensing Board was busily apportioning Eagle's routes, and a creditor-chosen liquidator was seeking buyers for the airline's 17 outdated Britannias and Viscounts, which along with eight leased jets constituted the airline's fleet. Debts outweigh assets by some $10 million, and some creditors may have to settle for five shillings to the pound. To his workers lining...